Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Three pipes, A B and C, can fill a cistern in 12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what will be the volume of the water that overflows as the percentage of the total volume of the cistern?
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5fc0dec0a96c23701f169628- 1$$ {23{2\over 3}}$$false
- 2$$ {26{5\over 18}}$$false
- 3$$ {23{1\over 3}}$$false
- 4$$ {26{7\over 18}}$$true
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Answer : 4. "$$ {26{7\over 18}}$$"
Q: Water flows in to a tank 15 m.×10 m. through a rectangular pipe 2 m.×1.5 m. at 20 km./hr. In how much time will the water level in the tank rise by 3m.?
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60ba01f141fbe0438167b5ad- 123 secondsfalse
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- 315 secondsfalse
- 419 secondsfalse
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Answer : 2. "27 seconds "
Q: A tap can fill the tank in 8 hours and another can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, the time (in hours) to fill the tank is__.
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5f0ec130dcdb5f61f5c474d0- 118 hoursfalse
- 216 hourstrue
- 38 hoursfalse
- 410 hoursfalse
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Answer : 2. "16 hours"
Q: Two pipe can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can empty it in 2 hours. If all the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled in
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5f63273cf894324f90f8aae4- 15 hoursfalse
- 28 hoursfalse
- 310 hoursfalse
- 412 hourstrue
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"
Q: Pipe A alone & pipe B alone can fill the same tank in 5 hours and 4 hours respectively. If the ratio of efficiency of pipe A & B together to that of pipe C alone is 9:2, then find time taken by pipe C alone to fill the same tank?
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62ff8be7fef7996822de1d8f- 18 hoursfalse
- 25 hoursfalse
- 36 hoursfalse
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Answer : 4. "10 hours"
Q: Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. The tank when full can be emptied by pipe C in x minutes. When all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, the tank is full in 10 minutes. The value of x is:
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64d20e2de0ce557496830b4f- 118false
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Answer : 3. "20"
Q: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 3 hours and 5 hours. Then, if all three are open, the tank is filled in 30 hours. Find in how many hours a third pipe will empty the tank?
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611f7aa3b14e9c13a8ec0ccb- 14 hoursfalse
- 22 hourstrue
- 38 hoursfalse
- 46 hoursfalse
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Answer : 2. "2 hours"
Q: If 20 taps can fill a tank in 14 hours, then how many times will 35 taps fill that tank?
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602e04daa503a25a4b89e148- 18 hourtrue
- 26 hourfalse
- 314 hourfalse
- 410 hourfalse
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